News & Events
A collection of CGIAR featured news and upcoming events
Featured news
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Bill Gates on CGIAR and Adapting to a Warmer World
12.02.21Climate change is going to force us to consider entirely new needs. We need to…
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Today’s Climate and Food Crises Can Only be Solved in Tandem
09.02.21Extreme weather driven by climate change, conflict, and the COVID-19 pandemic are driving worsening …
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CGIAR Joins Forces with World Food Programme to Tackle Post-Pandemic Hunger
26.01.21-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN agency will work with CGIAR to bolster food systems amid…
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Investment into Research Must Double to Halt Climate and Food Crises by 2030
25.01.21-
Climate
World’s largest agricultural research partnership seeks to increase funding to $2 billion annually…
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Agricultural Research Unties the Gordian Knot
04.01.21-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Agricultural research and innovation to transform our food system is the only way to cut…
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How Africa can Lead the World in the COVID-19 Recovery
18.12.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Africa, compared to Asia, Europe and the US, has largely escaped the devastating death toll…
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News from the Centers and Programs
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Researchers identify optimal strategy to maximize genomic estimated breeding values
03.03.21-
Genomics
The ultimate challenge for crop breeders is to increase genetic gain of a crop: literally,…
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Bill Gates highlights CIMMYT’s innovation in latest climate book
03.03.21-
Climate
Global thought leader, philanthropist and one of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Cente…
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WorldFish announces leadership team to guide 2030 strategy on aquatic food systems
03.03.21-
Big data
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Biodiversity
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Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Genomics
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
WorldFish has announced a new, restructured leadership team to guide the implementation of its …
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New report from CGIAR COVID-19 Hub offers food systems lessons from the pandemic, insights for building resilience
03.03.21-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
The impacts of COVID-19 on our global food system have affected the food security and…
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Hearing and empowering women in a changing world
02.03.21-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
This blogpost highlights 2020 research outputs of the gender research theme of the CGIAR Research P…
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Nutrition policy panel points to the power of aquatic foods
02.03.21-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Harnessing aquatic foods through the sustainable growth of aquaculture deserves more attention in re…
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